Job 18:3:1Job.18.3.W1TAB
מַ֭דּוּעַ
maddua
“why”
- Transliteration
- mad-DU-a
- Extended
- mah-DUO-ah
- IPA
- /madˈduː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mad-DU-a
- clause
mad-DU-a ne-khe-SHAV-nu kha-be-he-MA
- sentence
mad-DU-a ne-khe-SHAV-nu kha-be-he-MA nit-me-NI-nu be-e-NEI-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative maddua {מַדּוּעַ | maddûaʿ} ‘why’, initiating a rhetorical challenge.
In context — Job 18:3
Why are we counted as beasts, and regarded as stupid in your eyes?
About this coordinate
Job 18:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 18:3, so the Hebrew word מַ֭דּוּעַ (maddua) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.18.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.3.W1.S1) and character.